From Boiling to Frozen? The Rise and Fall of International Tourism to Iceland in the Era of Overtourism

• DOI: 10.3390/environments7080059
• Publication Date: 2020-08-03T11:45:57Z
• Authors: Anna Dóra Sæþórsd...; C. Michael Hall; Margrét Wendt
• Keywords: Tourist destinations

Overtourism has emerged as a common concept to describe the perceived negative impacts that large numbers of tourists can have on destinations. Iceland is one destinations which been most associated with overtourism. Tourism in grew rapidly from 2010 2019, much higher than other countries, reaching ranking high thirteenth list countries highest ratio per inhabitant. The increase visitors country had various Iceland’s economy, society and environment. This paper provides an overview different ways overtourism revealed itself at national level Iceland. implications supposed are shown be complex, management responses limited by their relative focus.